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NEW YORK — The Fire Department of New York’s annual celebration of beefcake has added a slice of
cheesecake.

For the first time, the FDNY Calendar of Heroes features a female firefighter — Miss March,
Danae Mines of Engine Co. 60 in the South Bronx, who dons the red suspenders and shows off taut
arms.

“I’d love to inspire other women to come to the job,” Mines said last week at a Times Square
calendar signing with her fellow firefighter pinups. It was attended mostly by moms and giddy young
women with boyfriends in tow.

Mines, an 11-year veteran who is one of 41 female firefighters in the department, said she was
originally discouraged from trying out for the calendar. She did it anyway and was the only woman
of the more than 100 candidates.

“I’m proud of her,” said Firefighter John Kilian, also known as Mr. December.